by Holly Black · Gollancz · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780575096714
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«The White Cat» is Holly Black's young adult fantasy novel, published by Gollancz in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Cassel carries the guilt of murdering a fourteen-year-old girl. Cassel's family belongs to one of the five great crime clans, but he is the only one without magic. Since magic was banned in 1929, magical workers have taken refuge in crime; Cassel will inherit a family secret linked to the power of nightmares.
First installment of the Curse Workers trilogy, published in 2010. Nominated for the Andre Norton Award and the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
The novel is aimed at readers of young adult and urban fantasy interested in organized crime, magic, and family secrets.
Holly Black is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Black has won a Nebula Award and a Newbery Honor. The Spiderwick Chronicles was adapted into a 2008 film and into a 2023 television series, for which Black received a nomination for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Teen Series.
